Cookle

What is Cookle?

Cookle is a free daily word ladder puzzle. Every day you get a new four-letter starting word, and your goal is to turn it into COOK by changing one letter at a time. Every step has to be a real English word. Par is the shortest possible path, so the fewer moves you take, the better you cooked.

How to play Cookle

1. Start from today's word, for example WARM.
2. Change exactly one letter to make a new word: WARM → WORM.
3. Keep going: WORM → WORK → CORK → COOK. That's 4 steps.
4. Letters that already match COOK turn green, and the letter you just changed is highlighted.

Tips for a shorter ladder

• Work backwards. COOK is one step from BOOK, COOL, COOP, CORK, HOOK, LOOK and TOOK. Reach any of them and you're done next move.
• Swapping vowels is usually the fastest way to jump between word families.
• Not sure a word counts? Try it. Cookle only accepts real words.

Cookle FAQ

When is the new Cookle puzzle?

A new starting word drops every day at 08:00 UTC.

Is Cookle free?

Yes. No account, no download. It runs in your browser on phone or desktop, and your stats and streak are saved on your device.

Where can I see yesterday's answer?

Tap "Yesterday's answer" at the bottom of the game to see the shortest path.